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Maxwell, Bronwen; Stiell, Bernadette; Stevens, Anna; Demack, Sean; Coldwell, Mike; Wolstenholme, Claire; Reaney-Wood, Sarah; Lortie-Forgues, Hugues – Education Endowment Foundation, 2021
The aim of this review was to support the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), other funders, and developers and deliverers scaling-up interventions by undertaking, for the seven effectiveness trials that had been completed by 2019: (1) a quantitative comparison of effect sizes at the efficiency and effectiveness stages; and (2) a qualitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
Mike Karlin; Cristina Stephany; Mahya Minaiy; Swati Mehta; Marcia Reed; Desiderio Acosta; Claudia Garcia-Valles; Christine Kim; Adan Gonzalez; Sarah Wong – Journal of Technology Education, 2024
While increasing emphasis has been placed on computer science (CS) and computational thinking (CT) little is known about these topics in elementary classrooms. Significant equity gaps exist within CS/CT at the elementary level, with a major contributor being the lack of highly qualified CS/CT elementary teachers. Professional development (PD) for…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Robotics, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
Patricia Eadie; Penny Levickis; Jane Page; Jane Hunt; Simon Kent; Yi-Ping Tseng; Guyonne Kalb; Jon Quach; Hannah Bryson; Laura McFarland; Hannah Stark – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2024
This paper describes the research protocol for the Educational and Developmental Gains in Early Childhood (EDGE) Study, which will examine the implementation of two years of funded kindergarten prior to the first year of school in Victoria, Australia. EDGE will examine whether children's language, cognitive, social-emotional, and behavioural…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education, Program Effectiveness, Language Skills
Moodley, Cathryn; Seerane, Thato; Gravett, Sarah – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2022
Background: The spread of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has escalated the need for studying the home learning environment (HLE). With learners spending more time at home, understanding about learning at home, especially in disadvantaged communities, is paramount. Aim: The aim of this research study was to explore the HLE for foundation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Grade 1
Robles-Goodwin, Patsy J.; Salazar, Jessica C.; Garza, Tiberio; Torres, Bertha Y.; Martinez, Carlos – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2023
The purpose of this study was to assess the increase of Latino parents' confidence in advocating and supporting their child's schooling. The intervention was implemented in six public independent school districts in the Southwest United States. The data was examined through matched pre- and post-surveys (n = 45). Findings are consistent in…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Parents, Parent Participation, Family Involvement
Lynch, Sarah; Lucas, Megan; Davies, Elizabeth; Sahasranaman, Aarti; Schwendel, Gemma – UK Department for Education, 2022
The National Tutoring Programme (NTP), introduced in the academic year 2020-21, is an important part of the Government's COVID-19 recovery response, supporting schools to respond to the disruption to education caused by the pandemic and subsequent school closures, offering targeted tuition support to disadvantaged pupils who have been hit hardest…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Coping
Staunton, Ruth; Worth, Jack; Lynch, Sarah; Lucas, Megan – UK Department for Education, 2022
This document contains the blueprint for the project "Evaluation of the National Tutoring Programme Year 2." It contains a summary and context for the programme, the research questions to be answered, and the methodology and timeline of the study. [For the Research Report, see ED624473. For the Technical Appendix, see ED624478.]
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Coping
UK Department for Education, 2022
This appendix supports the report, "Independent Evaluation of the National Tutoring Programme Year 2: Implementation and Process Evaluation." It contains the quantitative methodology and data tables. [For the Research Report, see ED624473. For the Study Plan, see ED624476.]
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Coping
Mangan, John; Trendle, Bernard – Education Economics, 2019
Traineeships have been shown to be successful in generating improved labour market outcomes and are often recommended as a policy option for disadvantaged youth. Regretfully data indicate that one such target group, Indigenous Australians, continues to have lower traineeship completion rates than the non-Indigenous. To address this issue, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mentors, Indigenous Populations, Labor Market
Nagler, Eve M.; Lobo, Priya – Health Education Journal, 2019
Objective: Low socioeconomic status young people in low- and middle-income countries use tobacco at higher rates than their wealthier peers. School-based tobacco use prevention interventions that employ a life skills approach are effective at preventing tobacco use. In India, the Salaam Bombay Foundation (SBF) has implemented a multiyear,…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Promotion, Daily Living Skills, Intervention
Kier, Meredith; Clark, Kelley – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2020
When the world abruptly halted in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, stakeholders of K-12 education sought ways to directly serve teachers, parents, and children socially, emotionally, and academically "at a distance." Elementary preservice teachers (PSTs) immediately experienced the direct and indirect impacts of the crisis as they were…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Equal Education, Elementary School Students, Crisis Management
Office of Head Start, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2021
The Head Start Act mandates that each Head Start recipient receive a monitoring review at least once every 3 years; each newly designated recipient be reviewed after the completion of its first year (and then at least once every 3 years thereafter); and all recipients that "fail to meet the standards" receive Follow-up reviews. Reviewers…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Federal Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
MDRC, 2018
In 2015, the Annie E. Casey Foundation partnered with the Corporation for National and Community Service's Social Innovation Fund to launch Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential (LEAP), a multimillion-dollar initiative to increase employment and educational opportunities for young people ages 15-25 who have been involved in the child welfare and…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Educational Opportunities, Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice
Law, James; Charlton, Jenna; Dockrell, Julie; Gascoigne, Marie; McKean, Cristina; Theakston, Anna – Institute of Education - London, 2017
This review has been commissioned by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and Public Health England to identify priorities for improving practice in the support and management of children with delays in early language development between birth and five years (72 months). In addition, it has the specific objectives of highlighting interventions…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Disadvantaged Youth, Language Impairments, Intervention
Joshi, Pamela; Geronimo, Kimberly; Acevedo-Garcia, Dolores – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2016
This article explores Head Start's overall effectiveness in improving school readiness outcomes and its potential to reduce gaps in these outcomes in light of changing program goals, resource and funding capacity, and the demographic changes in the low-income child population it serves. Although not an explicit goal of the Head Start program, we…
Descriptors: Poverty, School Readiness, Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth